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2 <refentry id="kas_apropos8">
4 <refentrytitle>kas apropos</refentrytitle>
5 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
8 <refname>kas apropos</refname>
9 <refpurpose>Displays each help entry containing a keyword string</refpurpose>
12 <title>Synopsis</title>
13 <para><emphasis role="bold">kas apropos</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">-topic</emphasis> <<emphasis>help string</emphasis>> [<emphasis role="bold">-help</emphasis>]</para>
15 <para><emphasis role="bold">kas a</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">-t</emphasis> <<emphasis>help string</emphasis>> [<emphasis role="bold">-h</emphasis>]</para>
19 <title>Description</title>
20 <para>The <emphasis role="bold">kas apropos</emphasis> command displays the first line of the online help
21 entry for any <emphasis role="bold">kas</emphasis> command that has the string specified by the
22 <emphasis role="bold">-topic</emphasis> argument in its name or short description.</para>
24 <para>To display the syntax for a command, use the <emphasis role="bold">kas help</emphasis> command.</para>
28 <title>Options</title>
31 <term><emphasis role="bold">-topic</emphasis> <<emphasis>help string</emphasis>></term>
33 <para>Specifies the keyword string to match, in lowercase letters only. If the
34 string is more than a single word, surround it with double quotes (<computeroutput>""</computeroutput>)
35 or other delimiters.</para>
40 <term><emphasis role="bold">-help</emphasis></term>
42 <para>Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are
51 <para>The first line of a command's online help entry names it and briefly
52 describes its function. This command displays the first line for any
53 <emphasis role="bold">kas</emphasis> command where the string specified with the <emphasis role="bold">-topic</emphasis> argument is
54 part of the command name or first line.</para>
58 <title>Examples</title>
59 <para>The following command lists all <emphasis role="bold">kas</emphasis> commands that include the word
60 <computeroutput>key</computeroutput> in their names or short descriptions:</para>
64 setkey: set a user's key
65 stringtokey: convert a string to a key
70 <title>Privilege Required</title>
71 <para>None, and no password is required.</para>
75 <title>See Also</title>
76 <para><link linkend="kas8">kas(8)</link>,
77 <link linkend="kas_help8">kas_help(8)</link></para>
81 <title>Copyright</title>
82 <para>IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.</para>
84 <para>This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was
85 converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ
86 Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.</para>